#55D4ED#55D4ED

#55D4ED is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.116 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4ED
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 237)
HSL	hsl(190, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 10.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -27.43, -22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 35.58, 219.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0969 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.116 213)
XYZ	xyz(42.5695, 55.1281, 88.5016)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4ED #ED6E55

analogous

#55EDBA #55D4ED #5588ED

triadic

#55D4ED #ED55D4 #D4ED55

tetradic

#55D4ED #BA55ED #ED6E55 #88ED55

square

#55D4ED #BA55ED #ED6E55 #88ED55

split-complementary

#55D4ED #ED5588 #EDBA55

monochromatic

#139AB4 #1EC6E7 #55D4ED #8CE2F3 #C4F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#55D4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#55D4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4ED

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4ED	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.116 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e1f2',
    500: '#55d4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4ed;
$custom-light: #95e1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.868,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8092,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.55133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4ED

secondary

#B44732

accent

#2B08DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4ED

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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